X:10151
T: WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE?
C:
%R: jig, march
B: Elias Howe "The Musician's Companion" Part 1 1842 p.15 #1
S: http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Musician's_Companion_(Howe,_Elias)
Z: 2015 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: The rhythms at strain boundaries were wrong; fixed with initial rests.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/EliasHowe/MusiciansCompanionP1/10151_What_Can_the_Matter_Be.abc	 2025-03-14 212447 UT
K: G
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V: 1 staves=3
z |\
.d2z .d2z | dBg dBG | .c2z .c2z | cAB cBA |\
.d2z .d2z | dBg dBG | EGc BcA | G3 z2 :|
|: d |\
dBc dBc | dBg dBG | cAB cAB | cAB cBA |\
dBc dBc | dBg dBG | EGc BcA | G3 z2 :|
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V: 2
z |\
.B2z .B2z | BGA BGB | .A2z .A2z | AFG AGF |\
.B2z .B2z | BGB BGB, | CEE DEC | B,3 z2 :|
|: B |\
BGA BGA | BGB BGB | AFG AFG | AFG AGF |\
BGA BGA | BGB BGB, | CEE DEC | B,3 z2 :|
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V: 3 clef=bass middle=d
z |\
.g2z .g2z | g3 g3 | .d2z .d2z | d'6 |\
.g2z .g2z | ggg ggg | c2c d2d | G3 z2 :|
|: g |\
g2z g2z | ggg g3 | d2z d2z | ddd d3 |\
g2z g2z | g2g g3 | c2c d2d | G3 z2 :|
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